The librarians of the National Library have put together their top picks for summer holiday reading.

Explore handwritten diaries that can now be read online.

Learn about one of our largest manuscripts collections.

See what's happening at the Library this summer, including exhibitions, tours and more.

Explore some of the speculative fiction reads in the collection and how they can help future generations understand society in the time they were written.

Learn about the mantlepiece display at the entrance to our Hopes and Fears: Australian Migration Stories exhibition.

Learn about the real school ship Sobraon behind Sarah Luke and NLA Publishing's children's book Marion and the Forty Thieves.

Learn about the evolution of legal deposit and how it works in Australia today.

Learn about Dr Christina Thompson's experience as a Creative Arts Fellow researching the introduction of writing in Polynesia.

Inspired by one of our latest acquisitions, learn a bit about the history of the Australian wool industry.